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Rebel surge

IN THE football quarter-final draw it’s hard to know where to look first: champions Donegal will face Mayo in a repeat of last year’s final and in the other headline match championship favourites Dublin will play Cork in a repeat of the 2010 semi -final.

Monaghan’s reward for their first Ulster title in 25 years is a meeting with Tyrone while Munster champions Kerry will be the hottest of favourites against Cavan, who stuttered for long periods against London yesterday on their long-awaited return to Croke Park. The championship begins in earnest now.

There were no upsets in yesterday’s qualifiers but the possibility flickered all afternoon. Cork diced with elimination for over an hour against Galway and only pulled themselves out of trouble in the last five minutes when an Aidan Walsh goal prompted a surge of Cork scores in a one-point victory, 1-17 to 1-16